Wargaming Things (Andy)
@wargamingthings
Nerd, maker of wargaming things, map geek, maine coon wrangler and baker of surprisingly competent sourdough
Day 8 of No Shame Painting Short session adding in the webbing to some of the mob. Printed off a couple of drinks cabinets and got a mystery bonus gift in the mail too! All in the measure preferred by those of impeccable judgement scale. #spreadthelard #wargaming
Day 7 of No Shame Painting So I have accrued no shame by being able to spend time painting every day for 7 days! A little bridge mdf model, full of gaps and easily snapped bits and all in a lim(x→∞) (20x + 1) / x mm scale (work it out...) #spreadthelard #wargaming
Day 6 of No Shame Painting. Second coat of English Uniform on the 1 pounder crew and JL, lewis gunner and two Boys teams. Sand added to bases. All 3D prints and in a scale where twenty millimetres is the measure of a man... Off to make some kourabiedes now. #spreadthelard #wargaming
Day 5 of No Shame Painting. Finished two mortar teams and a sniper/spotter combo. Started work on the next batch of BEF too: 1 pounder crew and JL, lewis gunner and two Boys teams. All 3D prints and in a scale that is not 28mm or 15mm but in the goldilocks zone... #spreadthelard #wargaming
Day 4 of No Shame Painting. Progressing the mortar teams and sniper/spotter combo nicely, just need to finish basing them. Undercoated the next wodge of BEF too. Off to the club tonight for some wargaming fun too! All 3D prints and in a scale "that can not be named" #spreadthelard #wargaming
Day 3 of No Shame Painting. Based up the officers and cracked on with two mortars teams and sniper/spotter combo. All 3D prints and in a scale of your choosing... #spreadthelard #wargaming
Day 2 of No Shame Painting. Finished off some Scottish BEF officers and NCOs armed with tommy guns and bagpipes. Bases need finishing. All 3D prints and in 20mm (The One True Scale). Onwards tomorrow to progressing a couple of 2" mortar teams and a sniper team next. #spreadthelard #wargaming
Day 1 of No Shame Painting. Highlighted uniforms of some 20mm BEF chaps, mostly officers and NCOs armed with tommy guns and bagpipes. Another highlight of blanco tomorrow to avoid the shame! #spreadthelard #wargaming
Battling with mdf gaps and misalignments remind me why I usually scratch build. However it is a nice 20mm bridge for Belgium or Holland. #spreadthelard #wargaming
Next up on the printing plate are some lovely BobMack3D 20mm early war Bren Carriers from their recent KickStarter. A little editing to replace a Boys AT rifle on one. Tracks to follow with some storage to spice them up. #spreadthelard #wargaming #STL
Drinks Cabinet support choice "The numerous references to British senior officers authorising the doling out of alcohol, be that the regulation rum ration or “liberated” stocks held at Headquarters, in order to restore the men at times of crisis cannot be ignored" #spreadthelard #wargaming #STL
‘Chanel 9’ forecasts scorchio! Perfect weather for a bit of undercoating next batch of BEF, a couple of mortar teams, medic, smg NCOs and a piper too! #spreadthelard #wargaming
Can anyone please point me towards an idiot's guide to vehicle marking for 1940 BEF? I know of the white squares but the rest is an enigma wrapped in a puzzle? #wargaming Image: IWM (F 4404)
Finished the fourth section of BEF, they need a varnish but otherwise done. 20mm Studio Historia prints #wargaming #spreadthelard
Washes completed, now on to the highlights for the BEF section #wargaming #spreadthelard
Pushed through the Wall of Painting Despair and managed to get final section of BEF ready for their wash which rescues them from looking like a toddler painted them #wargaming #spreadthelard
I managed do paint the webbing on 5 chaps and then got distracted making a damaged railway section?!? What is wrong with me? #wargaming #easilydistracted
Must paint miniatures, must paint miniatures, must paint miniatures.... #wargaming
IT is a Molly from this kit from Warlord. The bristles are coir mat from Ikea
Song of Drums and Tomahawks fun at the club tonight. My valiant loyalist were trying to escort a tax-dodger across the map whilst his tax-dodger friends tried to stop justice. There may have been some civilian injuries along the way but they shouldn't have interfered with the King's justice!
Tigger at the vets trying to be a receptionist, bad photo but her wouldn't stay still?!?!
First taste of Hastings in Strength & Honour style with @markbackhouse29.bsky.social Experimental rules saw the Saxon shield wall hold strong until the Norman cavalry break through on the right wing and roll up the housecarls. Great fun and much more play testing to come #strengthandhonour #3mm
I have been going through the 1940 Blitzkrieg Book and making some changes to align it to the v2 Chain of Command rules. Would anyone like to review it before I share on the Facebook group to check I haven't made any egregious decisions or howling typos? #wargaming #chainofcommand #spreadthelard
Last night at the club a resurgent 3rd Republic French clashed with the Royal Navy in the Channel in an alternative history fight. The RN let themselves down with shocking gunnery and decided to sink a lot. Oh the shame! #wargaming #navalwargaming #dreadnoughts
Third BEF section completed, NCO with 3 man Bren and 7 man rifle teams in 20mm. Fourth section to go and then on to support choices. #wargaming #spreadthelard #20mm #chainofcommand